On 15 March 1977, with his wife's consent, celebrated writer and former terrorist Hubert Aquin blew his brains out on the grounds of a Montreal convent school. Shocked by this self-murder, a filmmaker friend feels compelled to understand why Aquin killed himself - and discovers, at the heart of the tragedy, an unforgettable love story.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C843/.54
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-qu
- ISBN
- 9780773560048 9780773523456
- LCCN
- PQ3919.2.A66
- LCCN Item number
- Z866 2003eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xviii, 868 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00221958 (OCoLC)753350044 (CaOOCEL)424770
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 882
- Definitions 10
- Dedication 12
- The Setting 14
- Map of South-Western Québec (insets: Canada and Island of Montréal) 18
- Map of City of Montréa 19
- 0 20
- PRELUDE 22
- I 24
- 1 VILLA MARIA MARCH 15 1977 26
- 2 THE NEWS 35
- 3 THE INVESTIGATION: GENESIS 41
- 4 PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES 44
- II 70
- 5 THE INVESTIGATION: FIRST PHASE 72
- 6 NEIGE NOIRE / “BLACK SNOW” 79
- 7 CARLETON UNIVERSITY 102
- III 124
- 8 LA PRESSE 126
- 9 LA PRESSE: PERSPECTIVES 160
- IV 206
- 10 LE JOUR 208
- 11 HUBERT AQUIN AND QUÉBEC 231
- 12 HUBERT AQUIN AND CANADA 259
- 13 HUBERT AQUIN AND THE WORLD 269
- PAUSE/BREAK #1 272
- 14 SUICIDAL CLUES 274
- V 302
- 15 A GREAT FATIGUE 304
- 16 FAREWELL VISITS 324
- 17 99 CENTS AND THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE 364
- 18 THE TRIP TO ROME 369
- 19 THE RETURN TO MONTRÉAL 389
- VI 396
- 20 SACRILÈGE 398
- 21 LAST CONTACTS 452
- 22 AT THE DOOR OF DEATH 489
- 23 OBOMBRE / “SHADOWCAST” 516
- VII.i 530
- 24 MONDAY MARCH 14 1977 532
- 25 FAREWELL LETTERS 541
- 26 THE LAST NIGHT 588
- 27 THE FIRST MARRIAGE 592
- VII.ii 610
- 28 TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 15 1977 612
- 29 MOTHER 624
- 30 DEATH WATCH 633
- VII.iii 650
- 31 A WAKE 652
- PAUSE/BREAK #2 686
- VIII.x 688
- 32 POSTMORTEM INQUIRY 1: EPILEPSY 690
- 33 WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 1977 702
- IX.i, ii, iii, iv 718
- 34 POSTMORTEM INQUIRY 2: THE STORY OF MM 720
- 35 CREMATION 745
- 36 MM’S STORY 750
- 37 REQUIEM MASS 809
- 38 AY AND THE TRUTH ABOUT MM 819
- 39 ASHES 833
- 40 QUICKSAND 835
- HOME 854
- 41 THE BEYOND 856
- CODA/WRAP UP 872
- CAST 874
- AUTHORIZED COMMENTS 876
- CREDITS 886
